Reports

With the exception of a heavy rainstorm in late June, rainfall in southern Somalia was light and sporadic during June and July. Prospects for the gu (main season) harvest remain poor, but the heavy rainstorm replenished waterholes and improved…

Relief Efforts in Sudan Continue To Fall Short of Target In spite of a massive effort to increase air, truck, and barge capacity, deliveries of relief food in Sudan remain much below target. During July, WFP delivered 8,742 MT to…

NATIONS UNIES Bureau pour la Coordination des Affaires Humanitaires / IRIN pour l'Afrique Centrale et de l'Est Tel: +254 2 622 147 Fax: +254 2 622 129 e-mail: irin@ocha.unon.org REPUBLIQUE DEMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO (RDC) Les combats font rage autour de Kinshasa, Kisangani est tombee Les…

At least 238 people have died of bloody diarrhoea and cold in the last three days in the southern Sudan town of Wau, bringing the toll there in August alone to 1,330, a United Nations relief agency said on…

The government of Eritrea Friday released 71 Ethiopian soldiers captured in the border conflict between the two countries, saying the group constituted the first batch. "This unilateral humanitarian decision emanates from the stated policy of the government of Eritrea to…

On 20 August, 77 government soldiers released by the Sudanese People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in the town of Yei, near the Ugandan border in southern Sudan, were flown to Khartoum aboard an ICRC-chartered plane. The soldiers had been held…

Funding for all operations in Angola has become a priority, with downsizing under way in an effort to secure the most vital aspects of the programme. The security situation in the country has become hazardous, and in many areas…

Highlights Cumulative Deliveries for August (Northern and Southern Sectors) - A total of 12,221 metric tons of food has been delivered to southern Sudan locations over the period 1-27 August. Target WFP deliveries for the month of August stand at…

The World Food Programme received last night two plane loads of food and medicine one in Nairobi and one in Khartoum, donated by the Egyptian Government and its people to assist thousands of needy southern Sudanese. The two consignments valued…

Some 70,000 people have been displaced and 67 villages destroyed by flooding of the Nile in northern Sudan, the state-owned Al-Anbaa newspaper reported on Friday. It said total losses were estimated at more than 15 billion Sudanese pounds ($7 million). The…